||Wattys 2022 Shortlist|| "You've got several lines of destiny in you...whether you use your power for good or wicked is still blank." After narrowly escaping the Collector, Credence finds herself at the mercy of aunt Lilith, a hateful witch who eagerly waits for the chance to steal her niece's heart. Locked within Lilith's ghastly home is a key to Credence's destiny: The truth of the vow made on her life before she was born. A witch with secrets isn't the worst the woods have to offer, and Credence will be forced to brave peril unlike any she's faced before: The towns, where humans revel in cruel and gruesome sport; The school, where the handsome Headmaster is more than he appears to be; The Collector's world, where dusk is perpetual, and the line between hero and monster becomes blurred. Will Credence survive to become a woman capable of handling the dangers of the world? Or will the wickedness in her bloodline transform her into a creature more terrifying than the Collector itself? 📚 Book Two of the "Bedtime Story" series 📚 ⚠ Content Warnings: Violence including death of children and a scene of self-harm, language, alcohol use, non-explicit mature situations including a scene of attempted assault ⚠

*RELEASE DATE OF APRIL 26TH, 2025 ON AMAZON* Mirabelle I've accomplished a lot in twenty years. After becoming a decorated Olympian at the age of seventeen, I continued my streak of overachieving by graduating from my parents' alma mater, Duke University, a year early. I scored the public relations internship of a lifetime with an NFL team based on my own merits, and not because my father was their quarterback his entire career. The only thing I haven't accomplished is falling in love. Actually-that's technically not the truth. I fell in love with Henry Price, my parents' best friends' son, years ago. Never in a million years did I imagine I'd have a chance at making him see me the same way, but when the opportunity arises for me to help Henry fix the PR disaster threatening to ruin his career by pretending to be his girlfriend, I dive in head first. Except, I forgot love can make you blind, and I didn't realize we were drowning until it was too late. Henry From the time I learned to throw a football, I knew I wanted to be the starting quarterback for the Panthers. I spent most of my rookie contract learning from my parents' best friend, the legendary Sebastian Walker, knowing I would spend my entire career trying to be half the player he was. I never imagined it would almost slip through my fingers, or that the lifeline to keeping it would come from his daughter, Mirabelle. I've known her my entire life, and because of that, I've never allowed myself to look at her the way I'm now being forced to as she helps me save my career by pretending to be my girlfriend. I try to keep my intrusive thoughts in check, until Mirabelle confides in me why her ex-boyfriend broke up with her, and I selfishly offer to help her become more confident in the bedroom. My entire life, I've viewed love as conditional, but Mirabelle Walker makes me want more for myself, until I'm reminded that love is as unpredictable as the ocean.